From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 16 23:41:55 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0A2A41065678 for ; Fri, 16 Jan 2009 23:41:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rock_on_the_web@comcen.com.au) Received: from angel.comcen.com.au (angel.comcen.com.au [203.23.236.69]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C48AE8FC16 for ; Fri, 16 Jan 2009 23:41:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rock_on_the_web@comcen.com.au) Received: from [192.168.0.199] (unknown [202.172.126.254]) by angel.comcen.com.au (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1A9FB5C2EB2B for ; Sat, 17 Jan 2009 10:43:14 +1100 (EST) From: Da Rock To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <20090116230533.GA39855@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> References: <20090114181302.GC28762@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> <20090114220811.GB29991@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> <497107D4.4000107@onetel.com> <20090116230533.GA39855@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2009 09:41:36 +1000 Message-Id: <1232149296.1190.28.camel@laptop2.herveybayaustralia.com.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.22.3.1 FreeBSD GNOME Team Port Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Installing FreeBSD with Windows XP X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 23:41:55 -0000 On Fri, 2009-01-16 at 18:05 -0500, Jerry McAllister wrote: > On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 10:19:00PM +0000, Chris Whitehouse wrote: > > > Jerry McAllister wrote: > > >On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 01:05:42PM -0800, tsai wrote: > > > > > >>Jerry, > > >> > > >>You read my mind. That was going to be my next question; how to get > > >>around > > >>the proprietary recovery section HP installed from the start. You hit the > > >>nail on the head! I will try this soon. > > > > > >Yup. Basically, you just ignore it, leave it alone - anyway as long > > >as MS-SP isn't bothered by it. > > > > > >////jerry > > > > I have a HP laptop which came with a recovery partition. I don't have > > windows on the laptop now but I used to and: > > > > a) somewhere there is a utility to make recovery dvds which do the same > > job so you can remove the recovery partition. > > b) there is a HP backup and recovery utility - you might have to install > > it from the HP software. There is an option to remove the recovery > > partition with it. > > > Sure, you can nuke the vendor maintenance slice if you want to and get > rid of the MS stuff as well at the same time. But, the OP seemed to > want to keep those and add FreeBSD to the system. > > ////jerry Thats how I read it too. That said I'll recognize you guys as the experts- its been years since I had to dual boot! I seem to have forgotten a lot of it... :)